Blogs | Centre for Justice Innovation

Involving service users in reviewing the delivery of probation services

In this blog, Dr Laura Buckley from HMI Probation writes about service user involvement within probation services.
Cumbria Youth Offending Service

Samantha Starmer, Service Manager at Cumbria Youth Offending Service, shared with us the work they are doing in their youth Triage scheme.
A welcome boost for Family Drug and Alcohol Courts

Albinia Stanley, Family Justice Practice Officer at the Centre, writes about the Department for Education's announcement releasing new innovation funding for the expansion of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court model.
Making communities safe through justice reform

Here are our 7 priorities for community justice for the new Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland
Checkpoint Q&A

We spoke to Durham's Checkpoint diversion project about the successes of their scheme, their advice for others setting up a similar scheme, and their ambitions for the future.
A blog by Judith Harwin, a lead researcher on the FDAC model

Judith Harwin, the Professor in Socio-legal studies at Lancaster University writes about recent meta-analysis of FDACs, reported by the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care.
Expanding and adapting FDAC in London

Victoria Warden, Deputy Manager of London Family Drug and Alcohol Court writes about the expansion of the court to serve nine London boroughs.
Celebrating success in Coventry

Jane Dunne, the Service Manager at Coventry Family Drug and Alcohol Court writes about winning the Public Sector Children’s Team Award at the 2018 Children & Young People Now Awards.
What we are learning from mapping innovation

Phil Bowen writes about a new project Mapping Innovation, looking at where practitioners are making change in the criminal justice system.
Examining language barriers in the criminal justice system

The Centre for Justice Innovation is proud to announce the launch of a pioneering study examining the barriers faced by those who have limited English skills when in contact with the criminal justice system.